MPX5089162: Five sick biafran children who have fled their war torn home arrived in London Yesterday (Fri) on a Mercy Flight from ULI. Their aircraft left the airstrip only minutes after a bombing raid on Wednesday. The two teenaged girls, two boys aged 10 and five and an 18 months old baby girl will be cared for in hospitals in England and Ireland. Veronica Ido (on stretcher). December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089190: Yet another brave British attempt to influence mankind's onward march ended in a Watery Grave, marked by a sad circle of bubbles Nightclub "bouncer" Perry Whincup tried the impossible...and failed. Perry, 27, a non-swimmer, soon found that he was also a non-flyer as he attemped to soar across the River Nene to win a prize of £5 worth of groceries a week for life. March 1971 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089199: The Birdmen and women of Selsey: The big splashdown was taking place at the Sussex resort of Selsey. Officially known as the Birdman Rally, it is the day when man and,woman pit themselves against the laws of gravity. Salesman Philip Clarke was sponsored by Southern Gas. But "high speed gas" didn't do much for him. It just probelled him straight into the sea and his goose was cooked. August 1973 / Bridgeman Images